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                 Madonna items fetch top dollar in
                 Web sale 
                 By Reuters 
                 August 2, 2001, 1:00 p.m. PT 

                 NEW YORK--Madonna's marketing savvy is apparently contagious. 

                 Sothebys.com and Gotta Have It Collectibles, a Manhattan memorabilia shop, held a two-week
                 online auction of the pop icon's castoffs just in time to coincide with her world tour. 

                 The result? A record price for a Madonna costume at auction. 

                 Four bidders fought over the diva's
                 beaded Dolce & Gabbana bra worn
                 during "The Girlie Tour," with the
                 winner paying $23,850, far above
                 the item's pre-sale estimate of
                 $7,000 to $9,000. 

                 The auction, which ended on
                 Wednesday, took in a total of
                 $205,332. 

                 "We are ecstatic with the
                 unprecedented results of this online
                 auction," said Bob Schagrin, Gotta
                 Have It's co-owner. 

                 "Bids came from across the United
                 States and around the world. The
                 global interest along with the record
                 prices achieved have further
                 cemented Madonna's place in pop
                 culture history." 

                 Other top lots included the black sequined bustier with gold tassels worn by Madonna on the "Who's
                 That Girl" tour, which sold for $20,550 and more than twice its low pre-sale estimate of $10,000, and
                 her handwritten lyrics from "Like A Prayer," which reached $20,000. 

                 Also auctioned off was Madonna's MTV Music Video Award for "Express Yourself," for which a bidder
                 forked over $11,500, a relative bargain given the $10,000 to $15,000 estimate. Her original platinum
                 record award for the early hit, "Like A Virgin," soared to $5,175, far exceeding the estimate of $800 to
                 $1,200. 

                 Costumes designed by John Galliano or Jean-Paul Gaultier fetched $13,800 and $11,212
                 respectively, both exceeding their estimates. 

                 In all, 94 percent of some 70 lots offered found buyers. 

                 Gotta Have It has been buying up Madonna memorabilia for 10 years from collectors or from
                 charities selling Madonna items that had been donated to them, Schagrin said. 

                 The shop plans to open a gallery in London in September. 

                 Madonna's "Drowned World Tour" opened in Barcelona in June and played shows in London and
                 New York in July. The U.S. leg winds up in Los Angeles in September. 






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